Redlight (film)

Redlight
Directed by Guy Jacobson
Adi Ezroni
Charles Kiselyak
Produced by Kerry Girvin
Lucy Liu
Adi Ezroni
Guy Jacobson
Charles Kiselyak
Colin K. Gray
Megan Raney
Written by Colin K. Gray
Guy Jacobson
Megan Raney
Starring Somaly Mam
Susan Bissell
Kevin Bales
Narrated by Lucy Liu
Music by Kurt Gellersted
Mark Stephan Kondracki
Soren Sorensen
Cinematography Guy Jackson
Edited by Denise Cochran
Kerry Girvin
Jane Rizzo
Distributed by Guggenheim Girvin Pictures
Max Entertainment
Priority Films
Release dates
Country United States
Language English
Khmer
Budget $500,000

Redlight (sometimes misspelled Red Light) is a documentary film about human trafficking in Cambodia that premiered on October 4, 2009 at the Woodstock Film Festival.[1] Lucy Liu was the film's executive producer[2] and narrator.[3] The film is produced by Kerry Girvin and directed by Guy Jacobson and Adi Ezroni.[4] Redlight documents four years of the lives of several Cambodian children who are kidnapped for the purpose of child prostitution.[5] These children are both boys and girls, and some are only 3 or 4 years old.[6] Some of the film's footage was recorded secretly in brothels and then smuggled out.[7] Liu promoted the film at the 2009 Cairo International Film Festival.[8] Showtime televised the film as part of Human Trafficking Awareness Month in 2010.[9] The first screening in Connecticut took place in Westport that November.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Timothy Malcolm (September 29, 2009). "Actress Liu hopes 'Redlight' raises awareness of sex trafficking". Times Herald-Record. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
  2. ↑ Cindy Von Quednow (September 21, 2009). "Lucy Liu and Others Advocate Against Trafficking Sex, Domestic Workers". Kansas City infoZine. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Highly Acclaimed Human Trafficking Documentary, Redlight, Premieres in New York". TheStreet.com. June 21, 2010. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Human rights activist Mu Sochua to speak in Ridgefield, Weston". The Hour. October 28, 2010. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
  5. ↑ Lisa A. Keister; Darby E. Southgate (2012). Inequality: A Contemporary Approach to Race, Class, and Gender. Cambridge University Press. p. 411. ISBN 1139504495.
  6. ↑ V.A. Musetto (September 27, 2009). "Kids' Sex Tragedy". New York Post. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
  7. ↑ Italy Hod (April 17, 2010). "What's Lucy Liu Doing in the Congo?". The Daily Beast. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Lucy Liu film highlights child trafficking". The Gleaner. November 13, 2009. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
  9. ↑ Kelly West (September 1, 2010). "Showtime to Air Lucy Liu Narrated Documentary on Human Trafficking". Cinema Blend. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Nobel Peace Prize nominee to speak at Connecticut premiere of Redlight". WestportNews. November 1, 2010. Retrieved September 15, 2013.